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Pennington County staff present provisional 2026 budget; commissioners press for clearer reserve accounting
Summary
County budget director Jordan Nabb told commissioners on June 24 that departments requested roughly $128 million for 2026 while staff estimate revenues around $126 million. Commissioners asked for clearer reserves reporting, 10‑year levy histories and outside‑agency rollups before the provisional budget is set.
Jordan Nabb, director of the Commission Office, opened the day’s hearings with a preliminary rollup of department requests and revenue estimates for the 2026 budget. Nabb said departments submitted roughly $128 million in total requests, a 1.8% increase over the 2025 adopted budget. Estimated county revenues for 2026 are about $126 million, a roughly 4.3% increase over 2025 driven in part, Nabb said, by higher interest income and CPI‑adjusted growth in property taxes included for planning purposes.
Nabb said personnel figures in the requests were conservative: new position requests were excluded from the roll‑up, departments did not include proposed COLA or step increases, and contingency/self‑insurance figures were carried forward as…
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